Salah El Din El Ayyobi
... His father, Ayyub, and uncle, Shirkuh, were soldiers in the service of Imad al-Din Zangi, Lord of Mosul. Later they served Zangis son, Nur al-Din, who extended his kingdom to Syria. In 1167 Nur al-Din sent an army under the command of Saladins uncle, Shirkuh, to conquer Egypt. ... In August 1171 Nur al-Din ordered Saladin to remove the Fatimid caliph, al-Adid, an act that would end the dominance of Shi’ite Islam in Egypt. ... Nur al-Din then died on May 15, 1174.